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Merchants of despair

Opinion Casper Lӧtter - 14 Aug 2020

When imprisonment becomes a business, the profit motive rears its head at the expense of the good of the prisoners. Three recent books deal with the murky workings of the prison-industrial complex in South Africa

Greed has an insatiable thirst

Opinion Andile Tshona - 12 Aug 2020

The water department says even water tankers are not immune to the selfish acts of Covidpreneurs

Towards a people’s economics of education

Opinion Ashley Visagie - 12 Aug 2020

Reopening of schools seems to be less about the teachers, parents and students and more about desperate attempts to rescue our failing and unsustainable capitalist economy

Saved by literature and love

Opinion bogdan TagDiv - 11 Aug 2020

“The library was a refuge I could run to when violence ripped at the very fabric of our existence and threatened to extinguish life itself,” writes Dr Barbara Boswell.

Eusebius McKaiser: Dear ANC superfans, let’s talk

Opinion Eusebius McKaiser - 11 Aug 2020

ANC superfans are so vested in a romantic vision of a political party with a great past that they struggle to accept the realities of what this party has become.

Critique of Herman Mashaba is unwarranted

Opinion Angelo Ryan - 11 Aug 2020

If the former mayor was capable of accomplishing all that he did under two oppressive regimes, his potential in an independent party is almost unimaginable, writes Angelo Ryan.

Effective and professional government communication is essential to democracy

Opinion Fidel Hadebe - 11 Aug 2020

Spelling and factual mistakes cause irreparable damage to department credibility

Paediatricans call for schools to reopen

Coronavirus Fiona Kritzinger - 11 Aug 2020

The benefits of attending school outweigh the risks and public schools should be allowed to reopen for all learners

Herman Mashaba wants you to forget

Opinion Anthony Johnson - 9 Aug 2020

When considering Herman Mashaba’s new political plans, the South African public must reckon with the former mayor of Johannesburg's actual record

What a sustainable Covid-19 recovery could look like

Coronavirus Oluwaseun Oguntuase - 9 Aug 2020

Bioeconomy — using renewable biological resources — will allow Africa to transform its systems and create a viable economic future, global warming

School closures come at a cost

Opinion Nicola Vermooten - 9 Aug 2020

The latest, unscientific decision to close schools again won’t help poor students. Strategies must be identified to help learners stay in school

False dawn gives Ace all the cards

Coronavirus Paddy Harper - 9 Aug 2020

The unrepentant, recalcitrant ANC secretary general thinks it’s okay for his and other wayward comrades’ kids to loot

Editorial: The public has a right to know

Coronavirus Editorial - 8 Aug 2020

Transparency and accountability have lost currency in the treasury, and we are all the poorer for it.

A quick trek to ancient Egypt during lockdown

Opinion John Davenport - 8 Aug 2020

Well, the pharaonic Voortrekker Monument to be precise for John Davenport

Homecoming: Quarantine chronicles

Coronavirus Kate Bartlett - 7 Aug 2020

Fourteen days of quarantine in a Centurion hotel may be tedious, but for Kate Bartlett, there are plenty of laughs with new friends

Carlos on quaranting the ANC’s corrupt

Cartoons Carlos - 7 Aug 2020

The ANC has a solution for cadres: Wait until the next news cycle. Rinse. Repeat.

Women are South Africa’s changemakers and they deserve more

Opinion Alef Meulenberg - 7 Aug 2020

The truth is the economy still largely revolves around men, especially white men like me, writes Alef Meulenberg.

The ANC is selling false hope, but no one’s buying

Opinion Khaya Sithole - 6 Aug 2020

The disciplinary paralysis in the ANC makes dealing with graft an ambitious exercise in futility

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